Meta Platforms META-1.16%decrease; red down pointing triangle is replacing its chief policy executive Nick Clegg with his Republican deputy Joel Kaplan, the latest move by the tech industry to ...

Joel Kaplan, a prominent Republican and former ... upon the immense shift of Meta’s role in politics since 2018, pointing out that with “rapid growth” of the Facebook empire, “came ...

Clegg's replacement is Joel Kaplan, who has spent even more time at Meta — and who has extensive connections with the Republican Party that will be in control of Washington later this month.